Guide to the Alice Kahn Ladas Papers,
1943-2008.

Collection Number: 7728

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Rima Turner
Date completed:
February 16, 2006
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, February 2006
Rima Turner, February 2006
Sarah Keen, April 2010

© 2010 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alice Kahn Ladas papers, 1943-2008.
Collection Number:
7728
Creator:
Alice Kahn Ladas
Quantity:
0.1 cubic feet
Forms of Material:
Speeches, correspondence, pamphlets, articles and newspaper clippings.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Alice Kahn Ladas speeches and articles, correspondence, memos, pamphlets, and clippings.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

A sexual liberation activist who was instrumental in establishing Lamaze education in the U.S. and promoting breastfeeding and who published a NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, "The G Spot and Other Discoveries About Human Sexuality," with Beverly Whipple and John D. Perry in 1982.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Alice Kahn Ladas speeches and articles, correspondence, memos, pamphlets, and clippings. Includes a 1943 memo detailing her reasons for wanting an internship with the Fair Employment Practices Commission and with a U.S. Congressperson, a 1945 letter of thanks from employees of the U.S. Patent Office for her assistance getting their positions upgraded, a 1951 letter from Eva Reich of the Wilhelm Reich Foundation, notes about a meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt, and a 1991 letter to friends. Pamphlets and clippings contain her writing on breast feeding, sexuality and women's liberation, and bioenergetic analysis. Included is the program from a speech on “The Sexual Revolution: Phase Two” given March 14, 2004 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, a society she has been involved with since childhood.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ladas, Alice Kahn.
La Leche League International.

Subjects:
Bioenergetics.
Breastfeeding.
Female orgasm.
G spot.
Sex.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Alice Kahn Ladas papers, #7728. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Collecting program: Human Sexuality Collection
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Photo, Alice Kahn Ladas
 Box 1 Folder 1
1943-1991
Correspondence, memos
 Box 1 Folder 2
1972, 1987
News stories about Alice Kahn Ladas
 Box 1 Folder 3
NYICOP brochure
 Box 1 Folder 4
circa 1960-1972
Writings on breastfeeding
 Box 1 Folder 5
Writings on La Leche League
 Box 1 Folder 6
1981, 1979
"Women and Bioenergetic Analysis," "Using Goals in Bioenergetic Analysis"
 Box 1 Folder 7
1985
"Working With the Body"
 Box 1 Folder 8
1985
"The G Spot Revisited"
 Box 1 Folder 9
2004, undated
Writings on orgasm and sexual liberation
 Box 1 Folder 10
"Relating Exercises"
 Box 1 Folder 11
1976-2008
Writings, articles and speeches
 Box 1 Folder 12-15